Justice Across Generations: Environmental Ethics
Date/Time: | Tuesday, 21 Feb 2006 at 1:30 pm |
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Location: | Oak Room, Memorial Union |
Cost: | Free |
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Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
Channel: | Lecture Series |
Categories: | Lectures |
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What does it mean to say that the earth belongs "in usufruct" to the generations of the living? Usufructuary rights are rights to use and manage, and to earn profit from the fruitfulness of the earth. But such rights also include obligations to manage wisely, to protect the basic resource and pass it on undiminished and undamaged. Have we failed to meet this obligation, and what debts or disadvantages are we passing on to our children? In this panel, Clark Wolf, the director of the ISU Bioethics Program, will lead a discussion on the ethics and obligations between generations.